Beginning the Public Work

141:9.1On Mon­day, the last day of March, Je­sus and the apos­tles be­gan their jour­ney up the hills to­ward Je­ru­sa­lem. Laz­a­rus of Beth­any had been down to the Jor­dan twice to see Je­sus, and ev­ery ar­range­ment had been made for the Mas­ter and his apos­tles to make their head­quar­ters with Laz­a­rus and his sis­ters at Beth­any as long as they might de­sire to stay in Je­ru­sa­lem.

141:9.2The dis­ci­ples of John re­mained at Beth­any be­yond the Jor­dan, teach­ing and bap­tiz­ing the mul­ti­tudes, so that Je­sus was ac­com­pa­nied only by the twelve when he ar­rived at Laz­a­rus’s home. Here Je­sus and the apos­tles tar­ried for five days, rest­ing and re­fresh­ing them­selves be­fore go­ing on to Je­ru­sa­lem for the Pass­over. It was a great event in the lives of Martha and Mary to have the Mas­ter and his apos­tles in the home of their brother, where they could min­is­ter to their needs.

141:9.3On Sun­day morn­ing, April 6, Je­sus and the apos­tles went down to Je­ru­sa­lem; and this was the first time the Mas­ter and all of the twelve had been there to­gether.